Celebrate Avery’s 125th anniversary at this special one-day only exhibit! Here’s one of our treasures which will be in the show:

Etienne Du Pérac
I vestigi dell’ antichità di Roma, raccolti et ritratti in perspettiva con ogni diligentia da Stefano Dv Perac. Rome, 1575
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Etienne Du Pérac was a skilled engraver, painter and architect who traveled to Rome in 1559. He quickly found work engraving scenes of the city, including this view of the Arch of Constantine, which was typical of Du Pérac’s engraving style.